TV Networks Say You’re Breaking The Law When You Skip Commercials

Mitch Stoltz
EFF

Television networks are having a busy month trying to stamp out new TV-watching technology, including telling a court that skipping a commercial while watching a recorded show is illegal. Yesterday, Fox, NBC, and CBS all sued Dish Network over its digital video recorder with automatic commercial-skipping. The same networks, plus ABC, Univision, and PBS, are gearing up for a May 30 hearing in their cases against Aereo, a New York startup bringing local broadcast TV to the Internet.

http://www.activistpost.com/2012/05/tv-networks-say-youre-breaking-law-when.html